When the gene is damaged by exposure to radiation, the gene will not be able to properly repair DNA, thereby increasing the risk of breast cancer. In some European countries, cancer specialists recommend that young women aged under 30 years with BRCA gene mutations, breast health testing should be done using MRI compared with mammography. “We suggest that countries that still refers to the mammogram to check cancer in women aged under 30 years, should not refer to the mammogram,” said one of the scientists from the Netherlands Cancer Institute, Anouk Pijpe. Are Mammograms May Increase Risk of Breast Cancer? Pijpe said that the MRI also has the possibility to reduce the risk of breast cancer in women at high risk, so this method can also be considered. Read details on Are Mammograms May Increase Risk of Breast Cancer